The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-28

not one dollar on property tor school
purposes. We are willing for the poll
tax, the whiskey and tobacco tax, and
the fines and penalties to go the school
fund. but farther than that We ere net
willing to go. We are not yet convinced
that God designed OF ordained that all
men should be educated out Of other
mems earnings. - Scotland Neck Demo-
crdt.
That is the doctrire Of the reactions
aries. 1t is truly Bourbon. 1t never
advances-it secs a "nlggeI in every
wood pile and steadfastly refuses to be-
.lere in the good OF education. True |,
declares that it is not opposed to educat>
ing the masses, but how will 1T be done?
On the poll tax, the whiSkey and to-
hacco tax. and on the fines and penalties.
| These together would furnish about
snough money to run the schools for 20
laws in the year and yet this OverpoWer-
,ng advocate of public schools believes
this sufficient, We are glad to think
that the Democrat will find few men IN
| the Democratic party to believe with 1t.
1t is forced to admit that 1.-THE education
al cranks have almost captured the State
| and the Democratic party" We thank
| che Democrat for this admission and we
can tell it that the Democratic party Is
in power to-day because it has been pro-
gressive on the subject Of education. This
! has been its great strengthen this one
! point it has been steadily, perSIStently
rue to the people and the people have
| shown their appreciation of It by keeping
it in power in this State for IS years. But
| ct the party once adopt the Democrats
views and it will be swept from power in
a way that would arouse the pulscleSS
| heart of Bourbonism itself. If the Dem
Ocrdt wants to join an anti>schOOl party
| the Republican doors stand wide open,
! but surely so long as 1t stays nSIde OF
/ Democratic ranks it will have to stand
on a platform declaring in favor of still
better schools and will have to vote for
men pledged to carry out that platform.
GoldsbOro argus.
Have we not a legal and political
right to be a reactionIst? Is it not
time some counter force, was used to
bring tie fanatics and cranks back
to the old landmarks? Is it not
meet and proper t"at reactionarles
should use their powers if they have
any To keep the young progressive
blood from running the machine in
the mud? Have we not perfect
md legitimate right to be a Bour-
honf Are not the crankS aud fan
,tics on education advancing fast
enough to compensate and overcome
the resistant force of the reaction.
aries? Is 1t crime to he BOur-
Don II reactionary and to see a MIG
gcr IN every wood pile? We take
IF our hat and thank you so kindly
brother for telling US that the Demo
cratic party is In power to-day be-
cause it has been progressive on the
subject of education. 1t is fresh
starting news to us. We did not
kuow 1t before. How did you find
l. "ut7 Who told you' Give Us your
Informant. Tell us in your next
Issue the wonderful progress We have
made in education. We have all
tue while thought we were in power
today because of the misdeeds, th e
corruption and Expressions OF the
K publican par.v, such as tramJling
the cons. tuition under fuoj, suspend
II. tue writ of habeus corpus and
G.. thousand other wrunss and out
r+geS perpptrHted upon the people
tO0 i:umtrouS to mention in tnis art
Itie. Ii is true we have heard CIV
sruOg Jarvis and hundreds OF other
ts>.n ratio speakers for hours at a
t,ue speak to the cOlored people
showing them how much money We
..rugIe1siye educational cranls had
>pended in building colleges
schOo!-h0uSes, churches, au asN lUm
,O1 tie education of the niger in
the ~oo6 pill, and how many huns
dred thousand dollars we had spent
annually for the education Of be off
spring of the niger in the wood pil
But We nave never set known OF
heard Of one of these ringers votito
tie Democratic ticket because We
had tax olrselvrs millions Of dollar S
to educate his children, ana when
you find one pIesae send ue bis
name and the name of the candid 4te
for whom he voted. But say must
we ne insulted or driven out Of the
party because we can't see things a.
YOU see them? Have we not SIS
much right to lie Democrat and re.
main IL the party as YOU have?
Have we not as much right to ije
against education as you have to be
in favor Of it? You say our plan t.
run the school would not run the pub
llc schools more than 20 days in a
year. We collected III this county
about seven thousand dollars poll tax
in 1875 and the sheriff returned four
thousand dollars lnsolyent. We
collected about six thou sand dollars
on whiskey. This II collected as it
ought to be, would make ABOUT
seventeen thousand dollars for
schools. leaving out ali fines and
penahties. Would this not run our